The Operational Upgrade Thread
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Several weeks ago at Bangkok airport for a Finnair flight to Helsinki, there was a hand written upgrade cash price at the check in counter for both business and PE upgrades. PE had actually sold out. I mentioned to the check in staff that the price was very reasonable and no surprises they said the price was different every day.
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At a local level, we both scored an opup on QF113 DWN-SIN last Wednesday.
Because of aircraft changes (from a planned 321NEO to a 738) they didnt transfer our paid Exit Row seats to the changed aircraft. Many phone calls later saw us moved to Row 4, which I was happy with, then when we got to the lounge in DRW, the lounge guard smiled and said we were both upgraded with the compliments of QANTAS!!
5 enjoyable hours with a great crew.
Because of aircraft changes (from a planned 321NEO to a 738) they didnt transfer our paid Exit Row seats to the changed aircraft. Many phone calls later saw us moved to Row 4, which I was happy with, then when we got to the lounge in DRW, the lounge guard smiled and said we were both upgraded with the compliments of QANTAS!!
5 enjoyable hours with a great crew.
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The Mrs and I were in OPO-MAD on Iberia/ Aur Nostrum. We had e boarding passes, the check in desk wasn’t open so we went straight on and finally found the OPO lounge down by gate 35.
We went to Baird with gp 0/1. The e tickets didn’t come up as priority. “Boarding “ was just getting into the gate area before getting on a bus. We showed the gate agent or OWE. It was nice to see he was trained to see this and waved us into the priority zone. About 5 min later he came up with upgraded tickets. It was a nice touch.
Unfortunately our only upgrade in 5 years was a 45 min flight on. EU regional jet.
On boarding, the crew came and apologised that they might have problems with our meal choice as we were a late upgrade. She seemed relieved when I said it was 8.30 pm, we had been in the lounge and a glass wine for a 45 min flight would be perfect
We went to Baird with gp 0/1. The e tickets didn’t come up as priority. “Boarding “ was just getting into the gate area before getting on a bus. We showed the gate agent or OWE. It was nice to see he was trained to see this and waved us into the priority zone. About 5 min later he came up with upgraded tickets. It was a nice touch.
Unfortunately our only upgrade in 5 years was a 45 min flight on. EU regional jet.
On boarding, the crew came and apologised that they might have problems with our meal choice as we were a late upgrade. She seemed relieved when I said it was 8.30 pm, we had been in the lounge and a glass wine for a 45 min flight would be perfect
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